01595 area code
Lerwick
The 01595 area code is for Lerwick and the surrounding area.
Locations using 01595 numbers include:
- Bixter
- Bressay
- Fair Isle - 01595 76xxxx
- Foula - 01595 75xxxx
- Hamnavoe
- Papa Stour
- Reawick
- Sandness
- Scalloway
- Skellister
- Weisdale
Most numbers using the 01595 area code are normal Lerwick landlines but be aware that, as is the case for all UK area codes, such numbers may also be used for services without any physical link to the area. (More info)
01595 area code information
| Area code: | 01595 |
| Location: | Lerwick |
| Council area: | Shetland |
| Call costs: | Normal landline rate |
| Local number length: | 6 digits |
| Number format: | 01595 xxxxxx |
| International number format: | +44 1595 xxxxxx |
| Number shortages predicted: | No |
| Last code change: | April 1995 (previously 0595) |
Area code history
Lerwick, Fair Isle and Foula previously had separate area codes. When the Lerwick 0595 area code became 01595 in April 1995, it also absorbed numbers from the former Fair Isle 0351 and Foula 0393 area codes.
Other codes used for the Shetland Islands are: 01806, 01950 and 01957.